FHANA and Klaas & Mares Vanderploeg would like to congratulate the 2016 Vanderploeg North American Breeders Award winners.
Champion: Panter C. (Doaitsen 420 x Sape 381) owned by Grant & Sue Cassem of Prior Lake, MN. Panter C. was named Provisional Kroon at this years inspection and will be the winner of $500.
Reserve Champion: Precisous P. (Norbert 444 x Wander 352) owned by Klaas & Mares Vanderploeg of Ithaca, MI. Precisous P. was all named Provisonal Kroon at this years inspection and will be the winner of $250.
Criteria for the award: To be awarded to the best 3 or 4 year old mare judged in each year’s North American keuring cycle. Eligibility: Mares must have been born in North American and be presented for their initial adult inspection in the current year to be automatically entered for this special award. Mares must be 3 or 4 years old at the time of their initial inspection. The breeder identified on the horse’s registration certificate must be a current FHANA member in good standing and reside in North America. Eligible mares must have been sired by a stallion approved for breeding by the KFPS at the time of conception and must be out of mares registered in the main Studbook. Criteria: Upon receipt of the official results by the FHANA office of all inspections each year, the Championship title will be awarded to the highest placing mare out of all eligible mares judged each year. For example, if there is only one mare named as Provisional Crown, that mare will be declared the Champion. In the event that more than one mare is named Crown/Provisional Crown, FHANA will make the decision by comparing the mares’ linear scores for the 25 characteristics evaluated. The winner will be the mare with the most scores falling in the desirable (shaded) range. In the event of a tie, the KFPS judges /inspectors who judged in North America that same year will confer and determine which mare was the best. If there are no mares named as Crown/Provisional Crown in any year, the winner will be chosen from the eligible mares awarded a First Premium, and so on.